Development of Spontaneous Hygromycin B Resistance in Monilinia fructicola and Its Impact on Growth Rate, Morphology, Susceptibility to Demethylation Inhibitor Fungicides, and Sporulation

Phytopathology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1354-1359

  Dai, Qun ^a,b   Sun, Zhihuan ^a,b   Schnabel, Guido ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown rot; Stone fruit

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; FUNGI; MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0242371156     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.2003.93.11.1354     Document Type: Article

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